"It's still encouraging he hasn't said no yet," Bruno said Saturday. "In the end, I believe he's going to support it."

Scott announced Friday he was extending until July a freeze of $235 million in contracts with the Department of Transportation so he could conduct a review of the $1.2 billion project that would link downtown Orlando with Volusia and Osceola counties.

"I asked the Florida DOT to lock in prices that would be associated with constructing the SunRail system in Central Florida," Scott announced on Facebook. "This action gives me time to review the costs and public concerns about this project. During the months ahead, I'll complete a review of the financial impact this project could have on Florida's taxpayers."

Work was supposed to have begun on SunRail this month, but that was derailed by Scott's original decision to delay contracts in January. Scott has already rejected $2.4 billion in federal money for a high-speed-rail line from Orlando to Tampa. That decision was made even before a report was released last week that concluded high-speed rail would make a profit its first year.

Despite Scott's track record, Bruno said he believes the governor will see advantages to commuter rail that he didn't see in a high-speed line.

"It's one of those things he should be permitting," Bruno said. "It (the cost) doesn't fall on the full residents of the state, only those where the train goes through. He likes to talk about jobs, and we believe SunRail will provide 13,000 jobs statewide when it's implemented, plus all the opportunities (for development) around the train stations once it's done."